The super snow moon officially crests Tuesday at 10:53 a.m. ET after the sun is already up, but if you catch it overnight Monday or Tuesday it will essentially look the same to the naked eye. It is expected to be the brightest moon of its kind until 2026.

The best time to see it will be at moonrise, between 5:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.

Online astronomy site EarthSky notes that astronomers usually refer to supermoons as perigean full moons - a term that simply refers to the moon being "near earth".

Though the moon is officially fullest on Tuesday morning, it'll still be visible from Sunday to Tuesday evening.

The Moon orbits Earth in an ellipse, an oval that brings it closer to and farther from Earth as it goes around. The term went viral in March 2011 when some incorrectly speculated that the moon's closeness to Earth may have affected the giant natural disaster that hit Japan that month. It just so happens that this week's perigee will be about 362 miles (583 kilometers) closer to us than last month's supermoon, according to NASA.

The third and final supermoon of the year will take place on March 20, 2019 (but, again, it won't be as big as the February one).

The moon will appear particularly large when it is close to the horizon thanks to an optical illusion known as "the moon illusion". It's predicted to be the biggest and brightest supermoon of 2019.

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